I’m the first player in history that doesn’t want to play defense and still gets in foul trouble.
SHAQUILLE O'NEALI failed, I think, seven [or] eight times before I finally got my first [championship]. It was just, you know, just about me growing up.
More Shaquille O'Neal Quotes
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Tell Yao Ming, ‘Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.’
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No matter where they put people, no matter how they try to promote people, there aren’t too many people in the game today that are on my level on and off the court.
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I’m going back to the old Shaq. I was normal last year – I was an earthling last summer. I had to go back to my alien roots.
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Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain’t nothing but a sandwich.
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A pinch is a pinch. If you pinch my right nipple, I’m going to say, ‘ouch.’ If I pinch your right nipple, you’re going to say ‘ouch.’ A foul is a foul and a flagrant is a flagrant.
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Every time that I’ve won a championship I’ve looked at my guys around me and looked at their work ethic and said ‘You know what, I’m going to win it this year. I feel that way now.
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I’m on a mission. And I know the older I get, I may lose a step or two, but it’s all up in the medulla oblongata. I’ve got a lot up there. I’ve got a lot of knowledge… in this medulla oblongata.
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There’s no answer for my offense, just like the polythagorean theorem.
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My motto is very simple. Win a Ring for the King.
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I don’t believe in pressure. Pressure is when you don’t know where your next meal is coming from.
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Y’all reporters like my quotes, don’t you. Yeah, my quotes are Shaqalicious.
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I’m very educated and can give you somewhat of a vocabulary, but I don’t get to the philosophical side.
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Talk to the guys that ain’t doing nothing, don’t talk to me. I just want eight guys out there with me who want to play.
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I’m a combination of the Terminator and Bambi.
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Keep in mind, I’m not allowed to be tough. I’m tamed.
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